Creates the Cycle Rider Safety Training Activities Act. Contains only a short title provision.

Reinserts the contents of the engrossed bill but changes the name of the Science in Elementary Schools Working Group to the Science in Elementary Schools Task Force. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Requires a non-public school to perform a check of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database (in addition to the Statewide Sex Offender Database) of applicants and once every 5 years and persons employed by the school to determine whether the applicant has been adjudicated a sex offender, of a sex offense, or of a murder or other violent crime against youth. Extends the grants for preschool educational programs 2028-2029 school year (rather than the 2023-2024 school year). Provides that a school district may adopt a policy to waive tuition costs for a non-resident pupil if the pupil is a child of a district employee. Provides that, until June 30, 2028 (rather than June 30, 2023), applicants may apply to the State Board of Education for issuance of a 5-year Short-Term Substitute Teaching License. Makes conforming changes. Modifies the Alternative Educator Licensure Program by removing the requirement for a second year of residency (changing to only if recommended by the principal and program coordinator). Provides that, if the residency period is to be less than 2-years in length, the partner school districts must provide assurances that the district will provide intensive mentoring and supports through at least the end of the second full year of teaching for educators who completed the Program in less than 2 years. Effective immediately.

Amends the Car-Sharing Program Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the State or any unit of local government shall not be required to design or construct a new non-designated highway to accommodate truck tractor-semitrailer combinations. Provides that each unit of local government shall (rather than may) report to the Department of Transportation, and the Department shall post on its official website, any limitations prohibiting the operation of vehicles imposed by ordinance or resolution in the unit of local government's non-designated highway system and any non-designated highway that is not designed and constructed after January 1, 2023 to the overall length dimension of vehicles permitted under the Code.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that a multifunction school activity bus may be used to transport a student in any of grades 9 through 12 who participates in a career exploration program, as approved by a parent or guardian. Effective July 1, 2023.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that, on or before July 1, 2024, the Department of Corrections shall digitalize all information in the master record file and all other information that the Department maintains concerning its correctional institutions and facilities. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall adopt rules to implement this provision.

Amends the Use Tax Act and the Retailers' Occupation Tax Act. Provides that the taxes also apply to leases of tangible personal property, other than computer software, property that is subject to the Rental Purchase Agreement Occupation and Use Tax Act, and certain automobiles. Amends the Counties Code, the Illinois Municipal Code, the Civic Center Code, the Flood Prevention District Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, and the Regional Transportation Authority Act to make changes concerning the taxation of leased property. Effective immediately.

Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that subject to availability of appropriations, the Department of Children and Family Services shall establish and maintain a database on the safety of consumer products and other products or substances regulated by the Department that is: (1) publicly available; (2) searchable; and (3) accessible through the Internet website of the Department. Amends the Children's Product Safety Act. Provides that "children's product" means a product that is designed or intended for the care of, or use by, any child under the age of 12 (rather than 9).

Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Provides that specified political candidates may not hold a political fundraising function on any day the legislature is in session or the day immediately prior to or after (now, only prior to) such day. Provides that the Act's restriction on fundraising during special session does not apply to a fundraising function scheduled at least 14 days in advance of a day the General Assembly is in special session or the day immediately prior to or after such day (now, the restriction does not apply to a fundraising function scheduled at least 14 days in advance of the day the General Assembly is in special session or the day immediately prior to that day).

Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. In lieu of the offense of installation of object in lieu of airbag, creates the offense of airbag fraud. Provides that a person commits the offense when he or she knowingly: (1) imports, manufactures, sells, offers for sale, installs or reinstalls in a vehicle a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a non-functional airbag, or an object that does not comply with federal safety regulations for the make, model, and year of the vehicle in which it is or will be installed; (2) sells, offers for sale, installs, or reinstalls in any motor vehicle a device that causes a motor vehicle's diagnostic system to inaccurately indicate that the motor vehicle is equipped with a properly functioning airbag; or (3) sells, leases, trades, or transfers a motor vehicle if the person knows that a counterfeit supplemental restraint system component, a non-functional airbag, or an object that does not comply with federal safety regulations for the make, model, and year of the vehicle as part of a vehicle inflatable restraint system. Provides that these provisions do not apply to an owner or employee of a motor vehicle dealership or the owner of a vehicle, who, before the sale of the vehicle, does not have knowledge that the vehicle's airbag, or another component of the vehicle's supplemental restraint system, is counterfeit or non-functioning. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective immediately.

Creates the Safety in Professional Steel Erection Licensure Act. Defines terms. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall license all steel erectors in the State. Provides that no individual shall perform unlicensed steel erection. Provides that the Department shall adopt rules necessary to carry out and enforce the Act. Provides that individuals or entities performing unlicensed steel erection work in this State shall be fined $5,000 for the first offense and $10,000 for each subsequent offense. Provides that the Department shall coordinate with the Department of Transportation, when appropriate, for purposes of enforcement and regulation of the Act. Provides that to assist with costs associated with implementation, the Department is authorized to charge a reasonable fee for licensure, not to exceed $125 per license. Creates the Steel Erectors Licensure Fund. Makes corresponding changes in the State Finance Act. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Repeals the Safety in Professional Steel Erection Licensure Act on January 1, 2028. Effective immediately.

Provides that the Act may be referred to as the Nelson Mandela Act. Creates the Isolated Confinement Restriction Act. Provides that, except for a committed person in protective custody who opts out of that status by providing informal, voluntary, written refusal of that status, the use of isolated confinement in correctional institutions is restricted to isolated confinement of no more than 10 consecutive days or no more than 10 days in any 180-day period. Provides that The Department of Corrections shall post on the Department's official website quarterly reports on the use of isolated confinement. Amends the Unified Code of Corrections to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Repeals language making certain provisions for reassignment by dealers applicable to salvage certificates.

Amends the Chicago Municipal Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Adds the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to the definition of "employer". Adds any person employed by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority to the definition of "employee". Provides that an employee or a member or participant under any reciprocal retirement system or pension fund established under the Code may establish service credit in the Fund for employment with the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority prior to the effective date of the amendatory Act by applying and paying to the Fund for that employment an amount equal to the (1) employee contributions based on the actual compensation received and the rate of contribution in effect on the date of payment; plus (2) an amount representing employer contributions determined by the retirement board; plus (3) interest at the effective rate from the date of service to the date of payment. Provides that service credit shall not be granted for any such prior employment for which the applicant received credit under any other provision of the Code or during which the applicant was on a leave of absence. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.